Bambél was the afdeeling created in 1908 comprising the Gajò Loeös, the Alaslanden and Singkel, abolished in 1910.
Under the administrative division of 1908 Bambél was one of the five afdeelingen, each under an Assistant Resident. “In 1910 the division of Bambél was abolished; Singkel was joined to the West Coast, while the Gajò Loeös and the Alas lands became independent divisions, each under an officer serving as district authority.” In December 1914, after two young Alassers wounded controleur Christan at Koeta Tjanè, the investigation pointed towards the acting Kedjoerön of Bambél; the arrest of the presumed instigator prompted an attack on the bivouac guard in March 1915, but the investigation finally showed the Kedjoerön entirely innocent.
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Generaal Swart, Pacificator van Atjeh (“General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh”), by M. H. du Croo, Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with the collaboration of H. J. Schmidt, Titular Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with a foreword by His Excellency Lieutenant-General K.N.I.L. (retired) G. K. Dijkstra (Maastricht: N.V. Leiter-Nypels, 1943), Chapter XII, XIII.